The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-16

--Rufe Blodgett is said to have visited |
Sussex County within the past two weeks
for the first time in his life.
The effort to choke off cross-examina- |
tions at the Turley Investigation shows a |
healthy Republican fear of the truth.
CLERK in Chancery McDermott says that |
the story in the New York Times Of his
having borrowed SIS, 900 from Secretary of
State Kelsey is a lie from beginning to end.
1t was funny to see Statesmen Emson
and Silverthorne discussing buckwheat and
cranberries in the halls of the State House
in whic han exciting struggle, for the mastery
between two giant parties was IN progress.
-"1t was only a fake Frank Nc
Dermit explained privately after he had
had mazda an excitement OYER his taking
possession of the Assembly roll on We'd
nesday, s. only did it to make some fun"
It was a bad blunder all the same, Frank.
-Hoboken wants the Legislature to pass
an act extending the time for paying her
improvement certificates to four years.
That city also bankers after the passage of
on act empowering the proper authorities
to purchase site in the meadow district
and lay out park.
Ed. Mclaughlin wins fresh laurels as
the game proceeds. He might have pur-
chased the Speakership with treachery.
But he just folded his great coat about
him when he was approached, and answer
ed with the air of grand old Roman, that
he WAS elected as q Democrat and never
proved false to his trusts.
Mr.. Hudspeth stood ready to manfully
sacrifice himself on the altar of duty last
Tuesday by surrendering the Speakership
to WoIverton. But when the letter that
1rk H. kn-1 - XUAfunrfn1
into the Republican caucus, which Wolyer-
ton was then attending, Armstrong il s.nu-
atingly I" You don't want to receive any
messages, Ches?" and SO the letter was not
delivered.
How did the Republican mob get into
! the Democratic caucus the other day?
Some say that our old charcoal friend Col
fax, who is Republican, was incautiously
left in charge of the centre door, and that
he opened it at Arms3rong's bidding.
Others say that Janitor Brown had liked
the door on the inside, before the caucus
assembled. SO that it would open in res
ponse to the proper pressure.
1t is beyond dispute that the Rspubli-
can Assemblymen had a right, in common
with all other Assemblymen elect, to tn 10
| assembly chamber at any time after three
o'clock Tuesday; and the Democrats could
hold it against them only by their courtesy.
Tom Noonan pursued the proper be-
cause it was the conc iliatory course. Beck
with's buncomhe and thunder sounded
badly, and it was certainly out of ploce.
| Somebody wrote the Tribune that the
| Assembly consisted of 81 Democrats, rs
Republicans, 2Labor Men and utterly ir-
responsible idiot.
s'By thunder" roared Ed. Mclaughlin,
when the paragraph was shown to him,
I'D give 500 to see the man that wrote
| that article"
The Tribune paragraphist sees Mr.. Nc
Laughlin stand true to his colors against
all inducements and probably thinks, with
the prejudice of a conscienceless partisan,
that he is bigger idiot than ever.
The Clinton Democrat says of the kick
out of Wolverton and Arnwine that "the
same convention which declared Messrs.
Arnwine and Wolverton the Democratic
candidates for Assembly, also declared that
the Hunterdon Democracy's positive choice
for next U. S. Senator was our present
Governor. On that declaration the party
| went into the election and triumphantly
returned their two Assemblymen. And
Speaker Baird was all through his late can
vass an open and avowed advocate OF
Albeit against Sewell, and was elected as
| sIch."